San Carlos de Bariloche Airport
International airport serving San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
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San Carlos de Bariloche Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche) (IATA: BRC, ICAO: SAZS), also known as Teniente Luis Candelaria Airport,[5] is an international airport serving the city of San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1,810 hectares (4,500 acres; 7.0 sq mi) and has a 12,000-square-metre (130,000 sq ft) terminal; it is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) out of the city.[2]
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OperatorAeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.
ServesSan Carlos de Bariloche
LocationRuta Nacional Nº 237 s/n
ElevationAMSL2,776 ft (846 m)
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| Operator | Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A. | ||||||||||
| Serves | San Carlos de Bariloche | ||||||||||
| Location | Ruta Nacional Nº 237 s/n | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,776 ft (846 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°09′04″S 71°09′27″W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.aa2000.com.ar/bariloche | ||||||||||
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| Sources: AIP,[1] ORSNA,[2] World Aero Data,[3] airport statistics for 2017[4] | |||||||||||
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
Accidents involving fatalities
- 13 May 1957: A LADE Vickers VC.1 Viking, registration T-3, flew into mountainous terrain, 30 kilometres (19 mi) out of San Carlos de Bariloche. All 16 occupants of the aircraft died in the accident.[13]
- 16 March 1975: A LADE Fokker F27-400M, tail number TC-72, struck a mountain, 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the city, while on approach to the airport inbound from El Palomar. There were 52 fatalities.[14]
- 21 November 1977: An Austral Líneas Aéreas BAC 1-11, registration LV-JGY, that was operating a domestic non-scheduled Buenos Aires–Bariloche as Flight 9, made a premature descent and crashed into mountainous terrain on final approach to the airport, 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of the city, killing 46 of 79 occupants on board.[15]
Non-fatal hull-losses
- 16 August 1989: A LADE Fokker F28-1000C, tail number TC-51, failed to get airborne and overran the runway, being stopped by a dike.[16]
